Faculty

Eric R. Hake, Ph.D.

Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4293 

E-mail: erhake@catawba.edu

• Dean of the Ketner School of Business
• Professor of Economics
• B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
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Dr. Hake joined Catawba in 2010. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Hake is Secretary to The Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE), an international organization of economists and other social scientists devoted to analysis of economics as evolving, socially constructed and politically governed systems. AFEE publishes the Journal of Economic Issues (JEI).

Teaching:
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Theory
- Economic History

Stephen R. (Steve) Hiatt, Ph.D.

Office: ADM 214

Phone: (704) 637-4103
E-mail: shiatt@catawba.edu

• Professor of Management
• B.S., Brigham Young University
• M.B.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University

Teaching:
- Management
- Operations Management
- Strategic Management
- Small Business Management
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James Wesley (Jamie) Slate, Ph.D.

Office: MUS 210

Phone: (704) 637-4407
E-mail: jwslate@catawba.edu

• Associate Professor of Economics
• Ph.D., Economics, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
• B.A., Economics, Christopher Newport University VA
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Dr. Slate teaches Microeconomics, Business Statistics, Environmental Economics and International Economics. His research interests include economic history and business economics, with a particular interest in North Carolina's economic history. He is a member of the the Academy of Economics and Finance, the American Economic Association, the Association For Evolutionary Economics, and the National Association of Business Economics. He is published in the Business Education Innovation Journal as well as the Journal of Virtual Environments.

Teaching:
- Microeconomics
- Business & Economics Statistics
- Environmental Economics
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Pamela L. (Pam) Thompson, Ph.D.

Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4323 

E-mail: pthompso@catawba.edu

• Associate Professor of Information Systems
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Information Systems
• M.B.A., James Madison University
• B.B.A., James Madison University, Management Information Systems

Teaching:
- Applications Programming
- Networks and Telecommunications
- Web Design
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Jeffrey Bowe, D.B.A
Office: ADM 133A
Phone: (704) 637-4463
E-mail: jjbowe@catawba.edu

• Assistant Professor
• Dean of Distance and Online Education
• Director of School of Evening and Graduate Studies Partnerships
• D.B.A., Marketing, Anderson University
• M.B.A., Indiana University
• B.A., DePauw University
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"Sales is the lifeblood of any business, and done well, can create more revenue and opportunity for the business than the shareholders ever imagined. Today's new hires are tomorrow's leaders, so knowing how and where to recruit is a critical long term strategic success factor. Hiring the right potential and then training them in the right relational approach is what will help grow our economy for the next millennium." Read More »

Wiley S. Brown
Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4405
E-mail: wsbrown18@catawba.edu

• Assistant Professor of Management
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• MBA, Appalachian State University
• B.S.B.A., Appalachian State University

Dr. Kenneth W. Clapp
Office: CHA
Phone: (704) 637-4446
E-mail: kclapp@catawba.edu

• Senior Vice-President and Chaplain of the College
• Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy
• Director of Catawba's Lilly Center for Vocation and Values
• B.A., Catawba College
• M.Div., Yale University
• D.Min., Lancaster Theological Seminary
• Post-doctoral study, Harvard University

Teaching:
- Business Ethics

Dr. Kenneth Clapp has many responsibilities at Catawba, from campus chaplain to Senior Vice-President in the campus administration to part-time teacher in the Religion & Philosophy department, and he has now been selected to be the Director of the Lilly Center for Vocation and Values at Catawba. He is also deeply involved in the lives of students on campus. Read more »

Sasikarn Cook, Ph.D.
Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4723
E-mail: sccook17@catawba.edu

• Assistant Professor of Marketing

Karen B. Gaskill, MS, CPA, CGMA
Office: ADM 224A
Phone: (704) 637-4257
E-mail: kgaskill12@catawba.edu

• Chair, Department of Accounting
• Assistant Professor of Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
• Doctoral Candidate, Jacksonville University
• M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Accounting with concentration in Information Systems)
• B.A., Catawba College

Yan S. Gibson, CFE, CPA, MMPA
Office: ADM 224A
Phone: (704) 637-4406
E-mail: ysgibson@catawba.edu

• Assistant Professor of Accounting
• M.M.P.A., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• M.A., East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China
• B.A., Shanxi Teacher’s University, Shanxi, China

Dr. Renee A. Just

Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704)637-4291
E-mail: rajust14@catawba.edu

• Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED)
• Assistant Professor of Business
• B.B.S., Albertus Magnus College
• M.A., University of New Haven
• Ph.D., Capella University

Dr. Jennifer Yurchisin
Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4186

E-mail: jyurchis17@catawba.edu

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing

Ms. Angelia Bates
Office: Admin. Offices B
Phone: (704) 637-4405 

E-mail: asbates@catawba.edu

• Administrative Assistant for the Department of Mathematics and the Ketner School of Business

Angelia serves as administrative assistant for the Ketner School of Business and the Department of Mathematics.

Mr. Bryan Applefield

Applefield, a college trustee and a 1966 alumnus, has been hailed as having "substantial leadership experience in business and a long-term commitment to Catawba College as an alumnus and a trustee." Applefield is passionate about Catawba delivering to its students and is fully committed to the mission of the institution.

Mr. Claude B. Hampton, Jr., D.B.A

• Adjunct Professor in Business
• Executive Vice-President, Nabisco Brands USA (Retired)
• B.A., Catawba College
• M.S., Syracuse University
• Graduate study, Harvard Business School
• D.B.A. (honorary), Catawba College.

Mr. J. Alvin Carter, MBA
Office: KH 336
Phone: (704) 637-4406

• Associate Professor Emeritus of Business

• B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• M.B.A., Georgia State University

John Boyd (Jack) Green, Jr., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Marketing
• Ph.D., Industrial and Business Studies, University of Warwick (Coventry England)
• M.B.A., Marketing, SUNY-Albany
• B.S., Business Administration, Providence College